Canada

Manitoba premier says his government will buy prospective Canadian vaccine directly

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is committing to buy two million doses of a prospective Canadian vaccine that is currently in clinical trials. Premier Brian Pallister says his government has signed...

Feb 11, 2021

Forgotten story of Toronto neighbourhood illustrates lack of Black history education

Hidden in a downtown Toronto tourist hub is a rich, little-known history. The area now called the Discovery District -- home to such landmarks as Toronto City Hall, Nathan Phillips Square and the Eato...

Feb 11, 2021

Bloc leader spells out demands ahead of spring budget, stressing health care

OTTAWA - Bloc Qubcois Leader Yves-Franois Blanchet is laying out his demands ahead of the spring budget, with greater health transfers to provinces and more support for seniors at the top of his list....

Feb 11, 2021

Nunavut hunters agree to end protest at iron ore mine after offer of a meeting

Lawyers for Inuit hunters blocking an airstrip and road at an iron ore mine in Nunavut say the group will end its protest. The blockade started a week ago after seven hunters travelled two days and ov...

Feb 11, 2021

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 11:15 a.m. New Brunswick is reporting two new cases of COVID-19 and one more COVID-related death. Chief medical officer of healt...

Feb 11, 2021

Cancelling school break, delayed election: Provinces mull ways to slow COVID spread

Newfoundland and Labrador's chief electoral officer is calling for the province's election to be delayed and Ontario officials are to decide whether to cancel March break as provinces mull ways to les...

Feb 11, 2021

Closing housing gap for urban Indigenous could cost $1.4 billion a year, PBO says

OTTAWA - A new report by the parliamentary budget officer says the federal government would have to spend about $1.4 billion more a year to close a housing gap facing urban Indigenous people. That cos...

Feb 11, 2021

Conservative election campaign ads violated copyright, CBC says

TORONTO - The CBC says Conservative election campaign ads violated Canadian copyright laws. The public broadcaster says in court that the ads did not reflect CBC's balanced news coverage or fairly rep...

Feb 11, 2021

Ottawa announces $55 m in clean tech funding for 20 companies

OTTAWA - The federal government is announcing $55 million in funding to support Canada's clean tech sector. The money will go to 20 companies across the country. It will help fund research and develop...

Feb 11, 2021

Police search for fugitive jailed for two murders who escaped Quebec detention centre

SAINT-ALPHONSE-RODRIGUEZ, Que. - Quebec provincial police are looking for a federal inmate serving a sentence for two murders who vanished from a minimum security facility north of Montreal Wednesday ...

Feb 11, 2021